diff --git a/subcmds/start.py b/subcmds/start.py
index 49bb0e1..8c74625 100644
--- a/subcmds/start.py
+++ b/subcmds/start.py
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@
     pm.end()
 
     if err:
-      err.sort()
       for p in err:
-        print >>sys.stderr, "error: cannot start in %s" % p.relpath
+        print >>sys.stderr,\
+          "error: %s/: cannot start %s" \
+          % (p.relpath, nb)
       sys.exit(1)